Pain of hunger's growing stronger   The wages are gone, can't wait no longer   I have to sign on under every flag   If I want to live, I have to fag      Engaged, I hit the sea   Never thought of mutiny   The work is hard, the pay is low   We're treated bad, our anger grows      The waterbarrels going bad   Daily a sailor dies by fag   Whip cracks pain's their holy law   If they're going too far this means war      Stand up and fight      A seaman disobeys a law   The whip cracks, flowing gore   He gets a hundered cuts, one too much   His death feeds our grudge      The waterbarrels going bad   Daily a sailor dies by fag   Whip cracks pain's their holy law   If they're going too far this means war      With grinning looks we precede   Revenge for the ones who'd bleed   Encircling bastards who killed   Their eyes show fear, they're thrilled